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    During the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, June 9, 2025, Homer mayor Rachel Lord recognizes staff members of the City of Homer wastewater treatment facility for winning the Large Wastewater System of the Year award at a state conference in Anchorage earlier in June. Photo courtesy of Melissa Jacobsen
    Mayor recognizes city wastewater team for state award
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 16, 2025 1:30 am

    The City of Homer wastewater management team received the Large Wastewater System of the Year award at a recent state conference in Anchorage.

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    Snow blankets Homer City Hall on April 10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)
    City halts pursuit of building code
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 4, 2025 10:30 am

    The decision was finalized after a federal grant application to adopt the 2021 International Building Code was canceled.

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    The new, mobile bathroom unit rests on a concrete slab at Jack Gist Park on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Jack Gist Park receives spring improvements
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • May 21, 2025 12:30 pm

    City of Homer staff expanded the parking lot, installed a culvert, and added a mobile bathroom unit.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council establishes rec center fund
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 19, 2025 1:30 am

    The fund, managed by the Homer Foundation, will allow the public to donate to the project.

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    Wild Honey Bistro co-owner Scott Livingston speaks to the Homer City Council on construction planned for Bunnell Avenue and Ohlson Lane in the packed Cowles Council Chambers on Monday, April 14, 2025, in Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Bunnell Avenue, Ohlson Lane improvements to move forward
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 24, 2025 1:30 am

    The Homer City Council awarded the project contract to East Road Services, Inc. last Monday.

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    Kachemak Bay Conservation Society Vice President Penelope Haas points at a presentation slide on Homer housing data on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Homer gathers to discuss comp plan, potential city...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 3, 2025 2:30 am

    Homer has changed rapidly over the last dozen or so years, as any local can tell you. Many such locals…

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    Penelope Haas is vice president of the Kachemak Bay Conservation Society and a commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay. (Courtesy photo)
    Point of View: Climate change is a hard...
    By Penelope Haas • March 27, 2025 1:30 am

    The chair of the Homer Planning Commission at a regular meeting this month called into question the science of climate…

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    City of Homer Special Projects and Communications Coordinator Jenny Carroll points to a posterboard of one of the proposed harbor alternatives while talking with community members during the Homer Harbor Expansion public meeting on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Homer Harbor expansion project shares updates on $4.2...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 20, 2025 2:30 am

    The purpose of the meeting was to share updates on the feasibility study and garner public comments.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council passes studio zoning ordinance
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Ordinance 25-20 permits studios in three additional zoning districts in Homer.

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    Rika Mouw testifies in opposition to an ordinance that would have rezoned a wetlands parcel during the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, March 10, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Council shuts down wetlands rezone
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 20, 2025 1:30 am

    The community opposed Ordinance 25-27, which would have rezoned a rural residential parcel to the East End Mixed Use district.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council supports State Transportation Improvements Plan amendment
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 19, 2025 1:30 am

    DOT recently added an erosion mitigation study for Homer Spit Road in the 2024-2027 STIP Amendment 2.

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    Homer Airport Terminal and Cargo Facility on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    DOT gives airport updates at public meeting
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 12, 2025 1:30 am

    Construction is slated to begin April 7.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council to hold public hearing on liquor license...
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The hearing is scheduled for the next city council meeting on March 10.

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